| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 464 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-435) and index. |
| Contents |
Before the deluge. Russia, 1900 ; The Sheremetevs ; The Golitsyns ; The last dance -- 1917. The fall of the Romanovs ; A country of mutinous slaves ; The bolshevik coup -- Civil war. Expropriating the expropriators ; The corner house ; Spa town hall ; Bogoroditsk ; Doctor Golitsyn ; Exodus -- NEP. School of life ; Noble remains ; The foxtrot affair ; Virtue in rags -- Stalin's Russia. The great break ; The death of Parnassus ; Outcasts ; The mouse, the kerosene, and the match ; Anna's fortune ; Happy times ; Poisonous snakes and the avenging sword: operation "former people" ; The great terror ; War: the end. |
| Summary |
Examines the fate of two Russian aristocratic families in a detailed account of the Bolshevik Revolution's effect on the upper class, discussing the relentless lootings, harrowing escapes, humbling exile and imprisonment, and summary executions that took place during this violent time of transition. |
| Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Soviet Union.
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Aristocracy (Social class) |
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Soviet Union. |
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Russia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Sheremetev family -- History -- 20th century.
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Sheremetev family. |
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Golit͡syn family -- History -- 20th century.
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Golit͡syn family. |
| ISBN |
9780374157616 (alkaline paper) |
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0374157618 (alkaline paper) |
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